Lot: 102
Manchester Cinema Programmes 1950s to 1990s, good selection including suburban cinemas of the 1950s & 1960s (15); also Manchester Entertainments Guide for Autumn 1970. (44)
Lot: 104
Manchester Theatre Programmes 1886-1984, mostly pictorial covers, including the New Theatre 1913, Ardwick Empire 1934 (Gracie Fields), the Hippodrome 1930-46 (7), Openshaw Metrople 1937, The Palace 1930s (5) and 1968 (Morecambe & Wise), the Prince’s 1886 & 1923, Hulme Hippodrome 1940-53 (3), Salford Hippodrome (2), etc. Also 1951 Free Trade Hall souvenir programme for re-opening. (39)
Lot: 118
George Bernard Shaw Saint Joan Constable 1924, first edition, signed by Sybil Thorndike on the front endpaper; orig.cloth, gilt, VG; endpapers browned. (Bernard Shaw wrote Saint Joan especially for Sybil Thorndike who went on to play the title role with great success on stage and in a short film adaptation of 1927.)